Bibframe Work

Part I. Bach's vocal music in theological context. In Honor of God and the City: Strategies of Theological and Symbolic Communication in Bach's Cantata Gott ist mein Kèonig (BWV 71) / Markus Rathey ; Two "Johannine" Cantatas: Darzu ist erschienen der Sohn Gottes (BWV 40) and Sehet, welch eine Liebe (BWV 64) / Eric Chafe ; Death to Life, Sorrow to Joy: Martin Luther's Theology of the Cross and J.S. Bach's Eastertide Cantata Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (BWV 103) / Mark A. Peters ; Toward an Understanding of J.S. Bach's Use of Red Ink in the autograph score of the Matthew Passion / Mary Greer ; The Theological in Bach research (2007) / Martin Petzoldt

Part II. Analytical perspectives. Formal and motivic design in the opening chorus of J.S. Bach's Magnificat / Reginald L. Sanders ; The tonally open ritornello in J.S. Bach's church cantatas / Kayoung Lee ; The Christian believer and the sleep of Jesus: "Mache dich, mein Herze, rein" from J.S. Bach's Matthew Passion / Wye J. Allanbrook

Part III. Bach's self modeling: Parody as compositional impetus. Parody and text quality in the vocal works of J.S. Bach / Hans-Joachim Schulze ; J.S. Bach's Parodies of vocal music conservation or intensification? / Robin A. Leaver ; J.S. Bach's Dresden trip and his earliest serenatas for Kèothen / Gregory Butler ; Bach's second thoughts on the Christmas Oratorio: the compositional revisions to "Bereite dich, Zion," BWV 248/4 / Steven Saunders ; The Passions as a source of inspiration? A hypothesis on the origin and musical aim of Well-tempered clavier II / Yo Tomita

Part IV. The reception of Bach's vocal works. The Leipzig audiences of J.S. Bach's Matthew Passion to 1750 / Tanya Kevorkian ; The vocal music of the Bach family in Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: the complete works / Jason B. Grant ; The need for a new music: J.S. Bach in contemporary context (c. 1946) / William H. Scheide ; Bach at the boundaries of music history: preliminary thoughts on the B-minor Mass and the late style paradigm / Robert L. Marshall.

General index

Index of Bach's works (by BWV number)

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